Regional Development Agencies

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what projects are funded by her Department through regional development agencies; and what the budget of each is for 2008-09.

Sadiq Khan: My Department does not fund projects through regional development agencies directly. Regional development agencies are funded through the Single Programme, which is administered by their sponsor Department, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. CLG is one of six contributing Departments to the Single Programme and is contributing £1.548 billion to the Single Programme for 2008-09. Spending priorities for each regional development agency are set out in their corporate plans, which are available on their websites.
	Allocations for 2008-09 are set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Regional development agency  Total Single programme allocation for 2008-09 (£) 
			 Advantage West Midlands 300,638 
			 East of England Development Agency 133,401 
			 East Midlands Development Agency 163,000 
			 London Development Agency 344,672 
			 North West Development Agency 385,008 
			 One North East 245,500 
			 South East England Development Agency 157,811 
			 South West Development Agency 163,008 
			 Yorkshire Forward 299,462 
			 Total 2,192,500